'Wadsworth1'
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Families covered: Wadsworth of Attercliffe, Wadsworth of Flanshaw, Wadsworth of Horbury, Wadsworth of Sheffield
| Although we think it not unlikely that the two families on this page had a common ancestor, we do not know for sure that they were connected. They share this page for our convenience. It is noted that on Wordsworth2 there is a Wordsworth family of Norbury which may also be connected. | |||||||||||||||
| John Wardsworth or Wadsworth in Sheffied (bur 30.03.1623) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (09.01.1603) Margaret Shemeld (m2. George Smedley) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Wadsworth (bpt 12.02.1604, bur 26.03.1645) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.04.1631) Helen Creswick of Sheffield (bur 21.10.1640) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Mary Wadsworth (bpt 29.05.1637) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.06.1660) Thomas Jennings | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Sarah Wadsworth (bpt 17.02.1632, bur 25.05.1687) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1660) Abel Rollinson of Sheffield (ironmonger, m2. Penelope) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - James (bpt 29.01.1632, bur 21.01.1636), John (bpt 21.11.1633, bur 16.02.1636), Thomas (bpt 29.11.1635, bur 29.03.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Wadsworth (bpt 25.09.1609, bur 28.02.1670) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (03.05.1642) Margaret Hibberd of Sheffield (bur 10.04.1643) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Wadsworth (bpt 02.04.1643, bur 13.04.1643) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - John (bpt 29.06.1654, bur 14.08.1658), William (bpt 11.11.1662), Sarah (bpt 16.07.1648, bur 21.09.1649), Sarah (bpt 22.09.1656) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Richard Wadsworth of Sheffield (bpt 18.10.1612, bur 02.03.1670, cutler) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.07.1640) Elizabeth Renishaw of Sheffield (bur 10.01.1660) | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - Richard (bpt 05.07.1649, bur 25.01.1649), Anne (bpt 07.04.1642, bur 25.01.1644) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | William Wadsworth of Sheffield (bpt 09.05.1616, bur 09.07.1652) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.08.1645) Martha Broadley of Sheffield (bur 07.12.1649) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | James Wadsworth of Sheffield (bpt 19.09.1647, bur 21.06.1696, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.05.1675) Ruth Smith of Sheffield | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue (d young) - Mary, Ruth, Martha, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - John (bpt 10.05.1646), William (bpt 14.01.1649, bur 22.01.1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (03.07.1650) Elizabeth Newbourne of Sheffield (a 09.1675) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | William Wadsworth of Attercliffe (bpt 08.06.1651, d 25.03.1727, maltster) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.11.1674) Mary Bate (bpt 12.10.1651, d 26.12.1719, dau of John Bate of Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Wadsworth (bpt 26.03.1678, d 14.05.1745, minister in Sheffield) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.03.1715) Rebecca Sylvester (b 17.10.1688, bur 12.01(06).1735, dau/heir of Field Sylvester of Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Field Sylvester Wadsworth (b 15.08.1717, d 08.10.1759, minister in Sheffield) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.10.1741) Elizabeth Horsfield (bur 09.09.1774, dau of John Horsfield of Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sylvester Wadsworth of High Town, later in Manchester (bpt 01.03.1752, a 1807, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Ogden (dau of rector of Birdsall) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Wadsworth of Miller Bridge near Leeds | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Shaw of Saddleworth | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Norcliffe of Mirfield (a 1807) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - John of Sheffield (bpt 09.04.1748, bur 16.04.1785), William (bpt 12.06.1755, d 08.10.1789) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Hepzibah Wadsworth (bpt 12.01.1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.07.1754) John Nicholson of Sheffield (b 1733, d 30.01.1801) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Dorothy Wadsworth (bpt 23.04.1730) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Ostliffe of Sheffield (shoemaker) | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - William (b 1723, d 15.02.1724), Cassandra (bpt 29.07.1716, d unm 07.12.1775), Elizabeth (b 28.12.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Wadsworth of Atterclffe (bpt 04.04.1680, bur 21.12.1713) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rebecca Foljambe (bpt 24.10.1686, d 27.09.1759, dau of Henry Foljambe of Eastwood) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Rebecca Wadsworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wood of Cawthorne | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Foljambe Wood of Barnsley (banker) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Hannah Wadsworth | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Samuel Wadsworth of Atterclffe (bpt 30.06.1692, d 19.10.1744, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ruth Noyland (b 1701, d 14.09.1733, dau of William Noyland, sister/heir of Joseph) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Wadsworth of Atterclffe (bpt 29.06.1726, d 15.06.1755, farmer) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Phoebe Marriot (dau of John Marriot of Attercliffe) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Ann Wadsworth (bpt 08.03.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Ruth Wadsworth (bpt 13.03.1735, a 1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Gray | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Rebecca, Grace | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Hepzibah Wadsworth (bpt 03.02.1683, d 29.03.1741) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.12.1714) Rev. Jonathan Wilson of Attercliffe (d 03.10.1717) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Jonathan Wilson | ||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue (d unm) - Matthew of Attercliffe (bpt 20.03.1687, d 26.07.1754, malster), Elizabeth (bpt 10.10.1675, bur 17.12.1734), Mary (bpt 27.12.1684, d 27.02.1751) | ||||||||||||||
| 5.+ | other issue - Joseph (bpt 10.01.1619), Mary (bpt 10.01.1619, bur 23.03.1639) | ||||||||||||||
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| Identified as "of the Wadsworths or Wordsworths of Falthwaite, nr. Stainborough" was ... | |||||||||||||||
| William Wadsworth of Horbury near Wakefield (bur 03.11.1691) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (bur 27.04.1693) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Samuel Wadsworth of Flanshaw & Horbury (d 26.10.1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Gertrude Jackson (b 1631, d 09.06.1695, sister of Peter Jackson of Leeds, widow of ?? Burnet) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Elizabeth Wadsworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.10.1687) Thomas Whitaker of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (25.05.1697) Welcome Kirby (dsp bur 13.01.1707, dau of Joshua Kirby of Wakefield) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (29.09.1715) Elizabeth (widow of _ Lumbe, m3. Thomas Ferrand of Bradford) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Wadsworth of Horbury (b 1648, d 14.08.1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Phoebe Kirby (dau of Joshua Kirby of Wakefield) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Wadsworth (b 17.08.1676, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Samuel Wadsworth (bpt 21.06.1692, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hutchinson of Wakefield | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Mary Wadsworth (b 03.12.1673) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.12.1692) Thomas Webster of Dewsbury, Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Phoebe Webster (d 06.04.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.09.1732) John Priestley of Birstal Fieldhead | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue (d unm) - Thomas (d infant), William (d young), Samuel (b c1697, d 1741) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Phoebe Wadsworth (b 17.12.1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Sutton of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Hannah Wadsworth (b 30.11.1684) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.03.1712-3) Joseph Conder of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Elizabeth Wadsworth (b 07.03.1686, d 09.06.1765) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (28.10.1710) Richard Halstead (b 1684-5, d 18.04.1723, vicar of Hutton Paynel) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Halstead of Leeds (a 1760, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Butterfield | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Henry Halstead (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Halstead (d 11.1759, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellinor Forth | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Samuel, Henry, Phoebe, Frances, Sarah | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Frances Halstead | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.07.1765) John Ainsley of Leeds (m1. Rachel Conder) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Halstead | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Smith of Cawood & Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Henry (d infant), John (d infant), William of Pudsey (a 1766) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Samuel Dransfield (b c1689, d 1754, vicar of Hutton Paynel) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Rachel Wadsworth (b 11.03.1688, d 04.10.1766) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.02.1715-7) Jacob Hans Busk of Gottenburg (Sweden) & Leeds (b c1688, d 26.10.1755) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Joseph Wadsworth of Flanshaw (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10/20.05.1690) Jane Mauleverer (dau of John Mauleverer of Letwell (by Dorcas Matthew, granddau of the Archbishop), widow of John Crooke) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Elizabeth Wadsworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Conder of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Hannah Wadsworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. (John) Wildman of Pontefract | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Walker's Yorkshire Pedigrees (1942, Wadsworth of Sheffield)
(2) For lower section : FMG (vol 1, MS4, 'Wadsworth-Priestley, Halstead, Busk', p8+)
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